Les Adieux (The Parting)
1879/1880
Medium
etching, drypoint, roulette, and aquatint (spirit ground) in black on Japanese paper
Dimensions
plate: 17.5 x 11.5 cm (6 7/8 x 4 1/2 in.) sheet: 23.4 x 16.5 cm (9 3/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Helena Gunnarsson Buhot Collection
Accession Number
1995.54.44
About the Artist
Félix-Hilaire Buhot · 1847–1898
Félix-Hilaire Buhot was born on July 9, 1847, in Valognes, a small town in Normandy, France, into a modest family—his father a wine merchant and his mother a seller of women's clothes. Orphaned by age seven after losing both parents and his maternal grandmother, he was raised by relatives, including a godfather, and received an early introduction to drawing from his adopted mother's nephew. In 186...